If you are like me, you can’t Spell OKLAHOMA without singing it in your head… “O-K, L-A, H-O, M-A”, and you can’t hear the word Oklahoma without belting out “OOOOklahoma where the wind comes sweepin down the plains….” but can’t get any further with the song than that! The cast of Roger and Hammerstien’s Musical OKLAHOMA, being performed at the Renaissance Center in Dickson, doesn’t...

So what’s with the traffic signals in downtown Dickson? Why are they blinking instead of going through their red, yellow and green light sequence? And then they added STOP signs along with the lights? Admit it, you have been wondering what’s up too. According to the Office of Public Work’s director, Rydell Wesson, the lights are in blinking mode because the “signal-heads are dilapidated...

Election Day September 24th 2009 Who is “Bird” Armstrong? I am 45 years old. I have been married for 18 years to Charlotte Luther Armstrong. We live on a small farm off of hwy 48 south. We have no children. I have been employed with TDOT since 1995, and have been a Realtor and Auctioneer with Charles Woodard & Associates since 1992. I am a Christian, Mason and Shriner. I enjoy working on my...

On June 2, 2009 residents of Dickson County gathered to celebrate a piece of local history.  The Grand Opening of the Clement Railroad Hotel Museum was held at Holland Park under cloudless skies.  Jerry Smith, Master of Ceremonies, opened with some information about the hotel.  The hotel’s name comes from its being the birthplace of Governor Frank G. Clement, and several members of the Clement...